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Industry News :: Film Fest 'Talking Pictures' set

The 17th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival has announced its Talking Pictures programs, which is open to Festival attendees as well as local area schools.

The of seminars, panel discussions and master classes focuses on various elements of films and filmmaking, featuring filmmakers, film critics and film industry experts in intimate programs designed to explore various crafts and aspects of cinema.

This year's Talking Pictures programs will focus on film distribution, screenwriting and acting.

This year's Talking Pictures programs will include:

A conversation between Lifetime Achievement Award winner Shirley MacLaine with Variety Editor-in-chief and "Sunday Morning Showdown" talk show host Peter Bart at noon on Sunday Jan. 8.

A nuts-and-bolts screenwriting presentation with Emmy-nominated producer, screenwriter and entertainment journalist Graham Flashner at 2 p.m. Sun. Jan. 8.

A look at the future of film distribution with Hollywood deal broker Peter Dekom and a panel of industry insiders at 2 p.m. Sat. Jan. 14 to discuss the changes in the filmmaking world that will determine what kind of movies we get to see on screen in coming years. Topics the panel will discuss include the future of foreign and independent movies in the American theatrical marketplace and the elements of a film to become desirable to film producers and film buyers.

a look at a documentary called "Shakespeare Behind Bars," at 12:30 p.m. Sun. Jan. 15. The film follows a Shakespeare company of prisoners at the Luther Luckett Correctional Facility in Kentucky as the hard-timers put on a production of "The Tempest."

In addition to the Talking Pictures programs, the Global Film Initiative, specializing in independent films from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, will begin its nationwide tour of the Global Lens 2006 film series at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

The series, sponsored by Enterprise California, a Palm Springs-based developer, will feature two presented to high school students in a film/discussion format, at no charge to students and teachers. The two films that will be screened at the Palm Springs High School Auditorium during the Festival are Stolen Life, directed by Li Shaohong (China) at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 6 and Border Café, directed by Kambozia Partovi (Iran) at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13

Discussion guides are available for these films at http://www.globalfilm.org/library.htm.

High school teachers and administrators can reserve tickets for these programs by contacting festival headquarters at (760) 322 2930. Tickets will be delivered to the schools.

Schools eligible to participate in the programs include Palm Springs High School, Palm Desert High School, Cathedral City High School, La Quinta High School, Desert Hot Springs High School, College of the Desert, UCR - Palm Desert and UCSB at Palm Desert

For additional information, call the Festival headquarters at (760) 322-2930 or visit the website at www.psfilmfest.org.

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